Anara vs Scholarcy

Anara

• Researchers who want answers grounded in their own library of papers
• Working across hundreds of files and checking each claim against its source
• Zotero and Mendeley users, whose libraries import on every plan
• Writing with citations in a note editor or in Microsoft Word

Scholarcy

• Screening a stack of papers before deciding which to read in full
• Students who want a paper explained at a simpler reading level
• Building a literature matrix or bibliography from many papers

Anara

• The Free plan's AI usage limit refreshes daily, and each upload is capped at 20 MB or 120 pages.
• Choosing a model, OCR and the Google Drive, Notion and OneDrive connectors need Pro; Deep Search and Model Council need Max.
• The pricing page's scripts show the prices recorded here to visitors without a paid plan, while its initial HTML lists an earlier, higher set (Plus $10, Pro $20, billed yearly).
• The desktop app is for Mac only and there is no Android app. Anara's FAQ says it does not currently offer a student discount.

Scholarcy

• Scholarcy's site turned automated readers away, so prices come from Internet Archive copies of its price data (April 2026) and pricing page (March 2026).
• The free Article Summarizer is limited to 10 summaries on the pricing page and 1 summary per day in its FAQ.
• Free accounts can import files of up to 11 MB; a subscription raises the limit to 50 MB.
• The synopsis and enhanced summaries are written in English even when the source is in another language.

Anara

Chat across your library

Ask questions of a single file, hundreds of files in a folder or the entire library. Anara says one conversation can work across up to 10,000 files.

Answers cited to the passage

Every answer carries inline citations that open the exact passage in the source document, in numbered form or an academic citation style.

Agent and paper search

The agent searches your library, the web and academic databases such as PubMed, arXiv and JSTOR, then returns a cited synthesis. It can also import files and reorganize folders on request.

Write and cite

The note editor matches your writing to your library and the web to suggest citations, and builds formatted reference lists. An add-in brings the same tools into Microsoft Word.

File handling

Reads PDF, Word, PowerPoint, Markdown, EPUB, images, audio and video; audio and video are transcribed automatically. OCR for scanned documents is part of Pro and above.

Deep Search and Model Council

On the Max plans, Deep Search runs multi-step research across your library and the web, and Model Council puts one question to several models at once.

Scholarcy

Summary flashcards

Each imported document becomes a structured flashcard with key concepts, highlights, a summary and a sidebar of important points that jump to the relevant section.

Enhance modes

A summary can be rewritten in seven styles, among them school level, general reader, undergrad level, researcher, a bulleted list, a one-liner or around your own question.

Research comparison

Shows how a study differs from, builds on, confirms or counters earlier research. References carry Scite data on how often a cited paper has been supported or disputed.

Tables, figures and references

Extracts figures with their captions, downloads a paper's tables as one Excel file, and exports the reference list as RIS or BibTeX for a reference manager.

Import and browser extensions

Takes PDF, Word, PowerPoint, HTML, XML, LaTeX and text files, article and YouTube URLs, and imports from Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive and Zotero. Extensions summarize the page you have open.

Export and literature matrix

Flashcards export to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, RIS and Markdown for Obsidian, Roam and Notion. Several flashcards can be combined into a literature matrix or one bibliography.

Anara

• Free$0

  Limited AI usage that refreshes daily, uploads of up to 20 MB or 120 pages each, and Zotero and Mendeley connectors.

• Plus$8

  per seat / month, billed yearly ($96); $10 billed monthly

  A larger weekly usage limit, credits for extra usage, uploads of up to 100 MB or 600 pages, science database connectors and 5 collaborators per folder.

• Pro$16

  per seat / month, billed yearly ($192); $20 billed monthly

  4x the usage of Plus, a choice of every AI model, uploads of up to 300 MB or 10,000 pages, OCR, cloud storage connectors and 50 collaborators per folder.

• Max 5x$80

  per seat / month, billed yearly ($960); $100 billed monthly

  5x the usage of Pro, plus Deep Search, Model Council, uploads with no size or page limit and unlimited folder collaborators.

• Max 20x$160

  per seat / month, billed yearly ($1,920); $200 billed monthly

  The same features as Max 5x with 20x the usage of Pro.

• EnterpriseCustom

  SSO/SAML and SCIM provisioning, SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 certified security, SharePoint live sync and a shared Slack channel for support.

Scholarcy

• Free Article Summarizer$0

  Imports a range of file formats, with a limit of 10 summaries and flashcards exported one at a time.

• Scholarcy Plus$9.99

  per month, billed monthly; $90 billed yearly

  Unlimited and enhanced summaries, a saved flashcard library with notes and highlights, export of up to 100 flashcards at once and literature matrices.

Anara

• Annual discount

  Save 20% with yearly billing

  Billed yearly, Plus is $8 a seat per month against $10 billed monthly, Pro is $16 against $20 and Max 5x is $80 against $100. The pricing page labels the yearly option as a 20% saving.

Scholarcy

• Annual discount

  25% off with yearly billing

  The archived pricing page labels the yearly Scholarcy Plus plan with a 25% discount: $90 a year against $9.99 a month.